Affordable Housing and Homeless Population

City of Vancouver: Vancouver already faces a lack of affordable housing, a high homeless population and limited job opportunities, Clark said, making it a difficult place for new immigrants to adjust to Canadian life. "Not all of the would be best settled in the City of Vancouver, where housing is really expensive, where jobs may not be as plentiful," she said, according to CTV. Instead, Clark recommended resettling people in smaller communities further north, such as Prince George, B.C. "It my hope that we can help settle those refugees in communities where they're going to get the best start," she said. "Some should be up in the northeast, where they've got almost zero unemployment and the cost of housing a lot lower." Beyond the practical advantages, Clark said she believed Syrian refugees would find it less lonely to live in smaller communities, rather than large metropolises such as Vancouver. "Sometimes settling in a smaller community is a much warmer welcome," she said. "So let … encourage them to go to communities where they will have the best chance of success, the warmest welcome, and the best chance of making sure that they can find work and afford a home." Clark said she has yet to discuss exact numbers or locations with Ottawa, but that she trusts "those are details we'll work through." In the meantime, she said she and her province are ready to help in whatever way is needed. "I went to church every Sunday growing up and my Anglican preacher would say every Sunday, 'If you can help, you should," she said. "And that what we want to do." LNG, carbon taxes and the B.C. economy Clark also spoke about the province economic and environmental policies with Question Period. We want to welcome more people." However, Clark cautioned that the province largest city, Vancouver, wouldn't be able to absorb all the newcomers on its own. Clark held up the province carbon-tax system as an example for the rest of Canada, calling it the "most successful carbon pricing of anywhere in the world." The premier credited the "revenue neutral" system, which lowers other taxes when carbon taxes rise, with helping to grow the province economy without harming the environment. A proposal to expand the controversial pipeline is currently before the National Energy Board. Later in the interview, Clark brought up the economy again while calling on the federal government not to launch a new assessment of the Trans Mountain pipeline. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.